3/21/08
Plain Dealer
Thomas Ott
The Cleveland schools’ budget is off the state’s endangered list for the first time in more than a decade.
State Auditor Mary Taylor on Thursday lifted a fiscal watch designation that had been in effect since 1999.
For three years before that, the district was considered in fiscal emergency, the most serious category.
In releasing Cleveland […]

3/20/08
Plain Dealer Editorial
For the last few months, this page has pushed the Cleveland Metropolitan School District to improve school safety by combining security hardware with well-placed human resources.
The terrifying and tragic shooting incident at SuccessTech Academy in October that left four teachers and students wounded and the 14-year-old gunman dead prompted many to wonder whether […]

3/20/08
ThisWeek
David J. Cross

A closer look
Currently, Barrett Middle School is serving as swing space for the district. South High School students occupy the building.

Columbus City Schools have agreed to study whether the school buses that pick up and drop off students at South at Barrett High School should move from Deshler Avenue to Thurman Avenue.
Last week, […]

3/19/08
Plain Dealer
How Ohio rates
35th
For access for 4-year-olds
18th
For access for 3-year-olds
32nd
State spending, at $2,515 per child
4
Quality standards met out of 10 maximum
Note: Rankings based on 38 states that fund preschool
SOURCE: National Institute for Early Education Research

3/19/08
Plain Dealer
Angela Townsend
Where a child lives and what his or her parents earn often are the main factors determining how good that youngster’s preschool is - if it’s available at all.
“Children of low- and middle-income parents are the biggest losers in this disparity,” said Steve Barnett, director of the National Institute for Early Education Research, […]